MWIS would like to thank everyone who has so vocally supported us in our bid to obtain funding to allow us to continue and develop our service. Thanks to you, funding has now been approved and our future secured!

Read the Government's press release here.

We've been featured on the BBC2 programme, Landward. You can read the article and watch the programme here.

The Mountain Weather Information Service provides detailed weather forecasts for 8 areas of the United Kingdom.

Select 'forecasts' from the menu on the left to see a detailed description of each area covered and when forecasts are released, or jump straight to the required forecast from the menu below.

The North West Highlands of Scotland
The West Highlands of Scotland
Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath
The Southeastern Highlands of Scotland
The Southern Uplands of Scotland
The Cumbrian Fells
The English Peak District
The Snowdonia area of Wales

These forecasts are tailored to meet the specific requirements of all those using the mountains.

Forecasts are freely available for downloading as Adobe PDF files.

All users are encouraged to print these forecasts and freely distribute or publicly display them for the benefit of all hill-goers.

Linking to mwis.org.uk is also encouraged and no permission is required. However, we would ask that you link to this page and let us know that you are doing so.

If you have any questions about our service, would like to give us some feedback, or would like to help by sponsoring a forecast, please contact us.


The MWIS Scottish forecasts are supported by sportscotland and The Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

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